Tag: Laundry Room

During the month of September I got the honor to participate in the $100 Room Challenge started by Erin from Lemons, Lavender and Laundry. There were about twenty-five people all participating and we had lots of fun. I made over my laundry room and today I am going to share with you my between the studs storage closet. If you missed any of my weeks of the $100 Room Challenge check it out below.

If you decided to make a between the studs storage closet one thing I highly recommend you do is check the other side of the wall for outlets before you start cutting the sheetrock. You want to make sure there isn’t any electrical running between the studs you are creating the closet in. I would love to say we did this, but we didn’t. So I am speaking from personal experience. Now the one plus side is we have LOTS of outlets in our house and we determined that taking this outlet out would be ok. So we went ahead with the storage closet.

The first thing we did was cut out the sheet rock for the opening of where we wanted the storage closet. We made sure it was tall enough for our brooms and mops and of course it can only be as wide as the opening between the studs.

Once we did that we headed off to Lowe’s to pick up a piece of paneling wood. One thing I love about Lowe’s is that they will cut the wood for you which makes it so much easier when you need an 8′ piece of wood cut a certain width.

We used some construction adhesive to attach the paneling wood to the back of the closet.

Then we used some 2×4 that we already had on hand to make the top and bottom of the closet. I held them in place while my husband screwed into them through the sheetrock. Once we had all of that in place he cut some more pieces of the paneling wood to cover the 2×4 and the studs on the sides.

We also used construction adhesive to attach them and then used some small tack nails to secure them. Then we used some paintable caulk to seal where all the wood meets.

Once that was dry I used some darker turquoise paint that I had on hand to pain the inside of the storage closet.

Finally my husband cut the trim to go around the outside to frame the closet in. I painted the trim before we attached it to the wall with trim nails and then we touch up painted it afterwards.

To finish off the closet I picked up some hooks from Wal-Mart. These hooks mount with a foam type tape that is already attached to the back of them making it super easy to peel off the backing and stick them in the closet.

I absolutely love how my closet turned out!! If you have any questions about how to make your own feel free to comment below and I would be more than glad to help you.

I can’t believe we are at the end of the $100 Room Challenge, but I have sure enjoyed this month and getting to see what everyone has been doing on such a tight budget. Going into this challenge my biggest decision was using as much of stuff that I have on hand as possible. I spent a good bit of time on Pinterest looking at pictures of other people’s laundry room makeovers and every time I found something I liked I tried to think to myself “what all do I have on hand that I can use to make this”.

As I mentioned in week two, this room had become a dumping grounds of everything that didn’t have a spot since we moved into our house. So I spent plenty of time decluttering the laundry room.

Then I moved on to painting the laundry room in week three, I knew I couldn’t really afford to spend $100 on paint (that was what happened in the school room makeover) for this project so I checked to see what I had on hand. It didn’t go as I originally planned, but I am very pleased with the outcome of the colors!

So lets talk about the projects I completed in the laundry room.

Between the Stud Closet

I promise I will have a post all about this closet in a few days. My family has been going through some stuff so I am a little behind on my blogging, but I will have it up in a few days. I had seen this closet on Pinterest for years and I just loved it!! I really wasn’t too sure about doing it. But when I talked to Adam he was pretty sure we could make it happen. I decided I didn’t want a door on it, because I knew my swiffer was shaped weird and I wasn’t sure the door would close with the swiffer in it. For this project I had to purchase the inside panelling wood, the trim and the hooks. We didn’t use much of the panelling wood, but I am excited to say I will be using the remainder of it for the RV repairs from the water damage.

Panelling wood: $13.96

Trim: $5.60

Hooks: $1.96

Paint: FREE (I had it on hand)

Floating Shelf

For years I have wanted a floating shelf in my laundry room. We always talked about at the old house, but we moved before we ever made over the laundry room. For the floating shelf we did it slightly different than how most tutorials show you online. Instead of using the paneling wood around the edge we decided to putty the edge, sand it down well and then paint it.

Wood: FREE (some of the wood was scraps my husband had at his office and some of it was left over from the dog bed we made right after we moved)

Paint: FREE (I had it on hand)

Shelf Organization

During this project we changed the recipe for our laundry soap (once I know I love it, I’ll share it). We use to make a liquid soap and my original plan was to put it in the drink dispenser. But we changed to a powder so I had to find something else to put it in. All the glassware was gathered from around the house. The labels on the glassware were some labels I purchased years ago and had on hand. I love to label everything so when I find a good deal on something I usually buy a good many of them. The lent box was made from a pop tart box and some vinyl I had on hand (I am going to share more about it soon as well).

Glassware: FREE (gathered from around my house)

Labels: FREE (already had on hand)

Lent Box: FREE (made from recycled items and items on hand)

Laundry Sign

The one thing about taking out the wire shelf was where to hang the extra clothes hangers. I had seen this laundry sign on Pinterest and I knew I wanted to make something like it. I must say my son was a ton of help in making this. My original plan was to use PVC pipe. But I couldn’t find anything to use to attach the pipe to the wood. Then Noah mentioned using a wooden dowel and from there we figured out how to make it. The tall piece of wood was made from pieces leftover from when we had our privacy fence put up. I picked up the dowel from Hobby Lobby and the end is also from Hobby Lobby, but I had it on hand from when I purchased it years ago for a project and only used one then. I did the lettering with some vinyl I already had on hand.

Wood: FREE (leftover from privacy fence)

Dowel: $2.39

End Cap: FREE (already had on hand)

Paint: FREE (already had on hand)

Vinyl: FREE (already had on hand)

Art Work

The last thing I did was look for some art work for the room. I debated on creating a wall art with vinyl, however, life got the best of me and I had to come up with another idea. I had seen some cute FREE printables on Pinterest so I decided to go back and grab them for my art work and frame them. The first printable I found was this adorable Laundry Symbol Guide from Shannon at Everyday Best. I felt like it was fitting and I just loved the chalk look it had. The next printables I found were these cute sayings from Haley at The Mountain View Cottage. I didn’t use all of her printables, but I chose my favorite three to print and frame. Now I tried to be really thrifty with my frames, but they were probably the one thing I kinda splurged on, but they were 50% off at Hobby Lobby.

Printables: FREE (make sure you check out the ladies blogs above if you are interested in printing your own)

Frames: $23.06

Finally I cleaned off the top of the refrigerator and gathered the remaining supplies that needed to stay in the laundry room and organized them in two fabric boxes I already had on hand. I am super excited about how cute my room is and even more excited that I came in way below budget only spending $51.30!!! A few things I didn’t note above that I spent money on was the cap for the gas line and the outlet cover and light switch cover.

If you missed any of the previous weeks make sure to check them out and don’t forget to click the link below and see everyone’s else reveals!!

Wow!! I can not believe this challenge is almost over!! In case you are just now joining us and have no clue what I am talking about, I am currently participating in the $100 Room Challenge that Erin from Lemons, Lavender and Laundry started about two years ago. The purpose of this challenge is to make over a room (or area) in your house spending no more than $100 and and completing it within a month!!

I chose to make over my laundry room and I have been attempting to use as much stuff as possible that I already have. You can check up on what I have done so far:

This week I have focused on painting my laundry room. When I first started this project I just “knew” I wanted to paint three walls light turquoise and an accept wall behind the washer and dryer a darker turquoise. Then I went to the storage building to gather my paint I had on hand to find out “oops, I only have less than a quart of the light turquoise paint”. One thing I am trying really hard to do is use up some of the paint I have on hand before I purchase more paint for this house. So, what colors do I have on hand that will work…

PINK!!

Yes I totally said pink!! I had almost a whole gallon of a light pink and about half gallon of a darker pink. Alyssa’s room maybe next on my room make overs so I can use up some pink paint. So I decided to paint three walls light pink and my accent wall light turquoise.

If you follow my Instastories then you saw lots of behind the scenes pictures and videos of my projects from this past weekend!! If you don’t follow my Instastories you really should!

Along with painting my walls this weekend I wanted to remove the copper for the gas line that runs through the laundry room for a fire place/stove that we don’t use, do a good deep cleaning of the laundry room including cleaning my washer and dryer and replacing the dryer vent. The dryer vent in the laundry room from the previous home owners had a rip in it and we had purchased a new one to replace it and never did it. Also I wanted to clean the floors well since I had the washer, dryer and refrigerator out of the laundry room. Also, I had two projects I was working on.

The first project is a between the studs broom closet. That project has been rather interesting to complete and I am actually still working on it. But you can see a work in progress picture of it below. I can’t wait to have it finished and I plan to share a full tutorial on it Monday, so make sure you don’t miss that. I still haven’t figure out how to make the urinal work so if anyone knows anything about it let me know. I have tried using a screw driver to turn the little slotted thing and it doesn’t work.

My second project for this past weekend was a floating shelf above the washer and dryer. The one thing we did differently than most of the tutorials online is we did not use paneling around the edge. Instead we used pudding to fill in the holes and make everything smooth. Then we sanded it well and I put a coat of white paint on it to match the baseboards. Here is an in the process picture, we are not quiet done finishing it yet. But I’ll show you finished next week during the reveal.

I have a few more projects I am working on finishing up this week and then I will be back next week for a grand reveal!! Lets see how I am doing so far on my budget:

Wood panel for between the stud closet: $13.96

Flare gas cap: $3.39

Light switch cover: $0.47

Outlet cover: $0.47

TOTAL: $18.29

Be sure to stay around a while and check out what everyone else has been working on by clicking the link below!!

In case you missed it last week I am currently participating in the $100 Room Challenge with Erin from Lemons, Lavender and Laundry along with lots of other awesome ladies. I decided to make over my laundry room and my goal is to use as much stuff that I already have on hand as possible. If you missed it make sure you check out week 1.

This week I decided to declutter my laundry room. Like I said this room has been a dumping ground for lots of stuff that just doesn’t belong. Surprisingly after taking out all the trash and putting stuff away where it properly goes I did not have anything to sell or donate. I do actually have a good bit of stuff that needs to be organized, but that will have to wait till after the painting is done.

Here are some pictures of how it looks after taking all the extra stuff out of it.

Now that there isn’t anything behind the door it opens all the way and you can actually see the urinal. It doesn’t currently work and we are hoping to be able to figure out what is wrong with it and how to fix it. The girls really want to take it out, but surprisingly I don’t. Having two sons with friends its kinda nice to have. Especially since Noah’s bedroom is basically across the hall from the laundry room.

I do still have a good bit of stuff on the shelf above the washer and dryer. But it will all be staying in the laundry room.

Make sure you come back next week so you can see how I decide to paint the laundry room. My goal is to use paint I currently have on hand. I have a good many different colors from all the projects I have done over the years and the accent wall colors the children have had. So what color do you think I will use??

As you all know we moved earlier this year and to say this house has been a disaster would be a huge understatement. Did you hear our roof is leaking in two place also?? Yeah, something else to add to the growing list of problems. But I am still trying very hard to make this house into our home as you have seen from my list in my Thursday To Do series. So when I met Erin from Lemons, Lavender and Laundry I was super excited to join her in the $100 Room Challenge.

This month I am working to make over our laundry room and the budget is no more than $100!! I am actually hoping to spend far less than that and to utilize much of what I already have on hand.

As you can tell this room needs some major work. I know you are thinking how can I possibly spend less than $100 to make this room look nice and inviting?? I am going to show you, I actually already have a plan for what I am going to work on each week this month to make this room look nice and inviting!! I promise you will want to come to my house and do laundry afterwards or maybe use my urinal!!!

During this next week I plan to completely declutter this room. Since we moved in this room has been a dumping grounds for lots of stuff that just doesn’t have a place. So all of that extra stuff is coming out of the room this week. I am going to start with a trash can for the trash, a donate/sell box and box for stuff that needs to go somewhere else.

If you aren’t familiar with the $100 Room Challenge check out Erin’s post sharing some of her favorite reveals of the past $100 Room Challenge. Make sure you check out everyone else’s work in the links below and come back next week to see what I plan on doing during the second week of making over my laundry room!!

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